3:53 p.m. - Farmer just had a coast-to-coast layup to cut the deficit to nine points at 70-61, but Pitt should be able to survive because this one will likely turn into a foul-fest. 1:45 left.

3:52 p.m. - And that's probably the ball game. Biggs with an uncontested layup to make it 70-59 Rutgers with 2:20 left. Rutgers is totally out of gas.

3:47 p.m - Wanamaker again for 3. 68-59 Pitt with 4 minutes left.

3:44 p.m. - Another 3-pointer by Pitt's bench, as Wanamaker drains it from the corner. 65-59 Pitt with 4:49 left. 11 of Pitt's last 16 points have come off the bench. Hill has run out of bodies to throw at the Panthers and his team is starting to get gassed.

3:37 p.m. - Inman just stopped another 9-0 Pitt run, as Wanamaker found Biggs for a up-and-under. Timeout on the floor at the 7:34 mark. It's 59-57 Pitt.

3:36 p.m. - Another big basket by the Pitt bench. Brad Wanamaker just had a big jumper to put the Panthers up 57-55 with 8:32 left.

3:35 p.m. - Sam Young is so deadly. He just stepped out to tie the game at 55-55 with a 3-pointer. 8:40 left.

3:30 p.m. - And Dixon just paid for it. Blair just picked up his fourth foul at the 11:37 mark. Pitt will have to win this game without the nation's second-leading rebounder.

3:27 p.m. - TV Timeout. 53-49 Rutgers at the 11:45 mark in the second half. Think that Jaime Dixon realizes that his team is in the hornets nest? He just brought DeJuan Blair back in the game with three fouls.

3:25 p.m. - Decibel level just got jacked up at the RAC after Chandler completes an and-1. 53-49 Rutgers with 12:20 left.

3:24 p.m. - A little And-1 mixtape action by Rosario. First he did a shake-and-bake to get rid of Fields, then drove in and did a no-look pass to Echenique for the jam. 50-49 Rutgers.

3:16 p.m. - TV Timeout. At the 15:34 mark, it's 46-45 Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights have had four straight bad offensive possessions, which you can't do against the No. 3 team in the country if you want to pull the upset. On the other hand, Pitt has ratcheted up its defense early in the second half.

3:14 p.m. - Ndiaye will be done for a while now. He just picked up his fourth foul at the 16:12 mark as Sam Young beat him inside on a pretty pass from Levance Fields. 46-45 Rutgers.

3:12 p.m. - Pitt catches a break as Ndiaye picks up his third foul.

3:11 p.m. - Big trouble for Pitt -- literally. DeJuan Blair just picked up his third foul. That's Blair and Biggs, two of Pitt's three big men with three fouls and 17:30 left in the game.

3:08 p.m. - Ten seconds into the second half, Pitt's Tyrell Biggs -- one of the team's big men -- just picked up his third foul. Chandler then followed it up with a 3-pointer. 46-39 Rutgers.

2:28 p.m. - Fred Hill just had to take a timeout to stop the bleeding. Pitt is now on a 11-0 run, thanks to poor shooting and sloppy defense by Rutgers. Making matters worse, is that the Panthers have done the run with their two best players -- DeJuan Blair and Sam Young on the bench.

2:26 p.m. - Whatever Pitt coach Jaime Dixon said worked -- the Panthers are on a 9-0 run. 25-22 Pitt.

2:22 p.m. - Pitt just calls timeout after a quick 4-0 spurt by the Rutgers guards. Coburn and Rosario with back-to-back layups. 22-16 Rutgers at the 11 minute mark.

2:19 p.m. - TV Timeout. At the 11:56 mark in the first half, it's 18-16 Rutgers. Knights just survived a three-minute hiccup where they looked a little lost on defense. Rosario (who else?) is really playing well in his first Big East game. He's got half of the team's points thus far.

2:16 p.m. - This is why Pitt is so good: Their big men are quick on their feet. Last two possessions, they've been able to catch Ndiaye out of position for fouls. Inman just came in for him.

2:13 p.m. - Back-to-back buckets by Rosario, but on both possessions the team did a little too much celebrating and didn't get back on defense in time. Both times Pitt guard Gilbert Brown made them pay. 15-12 Rutgers at the 13:40 mark.

2:09 p.m. - TV Timeout. Rutgers is up 11-8 at the 15:37 mark. This is by far the best Rutgers start that I've seen this season. They look confident in the shots that they're taking. Ndiaye looks to be playing with that smart aggression on defense that we haven't seen for a number of games. Still, it is early so all of this could be emotion. The key for Rutgers is to sustain it past the 10-minute mark.

2:07 p.m. - Nice give and go by Rutgers' two frosh: Echenique to Rosario for the underneath layin. But Fields answers on a 3-pointer for Pitt. 9-8 Rutgers at the 16 minute mark.

2:04 p.m. - That's why Pitt forward Sam Young is so deadly, he just stepped back from about 12 feet and drained a jumped. 5-2 Rutgers early on on the back of Chandler.